Carlos Alberto Obando-Rocha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

81 F.3d 169 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Carlos Alberto OBANDO-ROCHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70699. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 14, 1996. Decided April 3, 1996. 1 Before: BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and ZILLY, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Petitioner Obando-Rocha, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, applied for political asylum and withholding of deportation based on past economic and political persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied petitioner's applications. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirmed. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we affirm. I. Facts 4 Petitioner entered the United States illegally in March 1985. Petitioner testified before the IJ that he left Nicaragua after his brother and uncle were killed by the Sandinistas for their affiliation…